adv
Meaning 1
In an ethical manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
ethically
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɛθɪkəli/
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Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɛθɪkli/
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Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: [ˈɛθ.ɪk.li]
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Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: [ˈɛθ.ɪ.kli]
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CMU ARPABET: EH1 TH IH0 K AH0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adv
Meaning 2
Concerning ethics.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 3
in an ethical manner; from an ethical point of view; according to ethics
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he behaved ethically
- this is ethically unacceptable
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: unethically
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English ethical Middle English -ly English -ly English ethically From ethical + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: èticament — in an ethical manner
- Galician: eticamente — in an ethical manner
- Italian: eticamente — in an ethical manner
- Middle English: honestly — in an ethical manner
- Portuguese: eticamente — in an ethical manner
- Spanish: éticamente — in an ethical manner
- Portuguese: eticamente — concerning ethics